My paint brush drawer won't open for Corel Painter Essentials 4!

I used to use Corel Painter Essentials 4 a lot, but then we downloaded Windows 7 and though the rest of the program will work, I simply cannot open the paint brush drawer! I click and it just doesn't do anything. I've tryed rebooting, reinstalling, everything! How do I fix this??

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Hey man, I feel you pain. I have windows 7 now too (64 bit) and CPE4 is giving me exactly the same problem. I can do everything except open my brush drawer, or acess my recently used brushes/favorite brushes.

I've been looking for a solution for days. I'll post here again if i find something.

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If you are experiencing problems starting Corel Painter Essentials 4, try resetting your user workspace. You can reset your user workspace to the factory default by holding down the Shift key when you start Corel Painter Essentials 4. A prompt appears and asks you to confirm the restoration of factory default settings.

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Try opening Corel Painter and then going to: Edit > PreferencesThen there should be a box that says "General" click on that and when it gives you more options click on "Brush Tracking"Now try drawing on the scratch pad with a typical stroke and it should adjust the settings to detect your tablet.